Stanford in the Vale
Berkshire

In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales
described Stanford in the Vale like this:

STANFORD-IN-THE-VALE, a village in Faringdon district, and a parish partly also in Wantage district, Berks. The village stands in the White Horse vale, 2¼ miles NNW of Challow r. station, and 4 ESE of Faringdon; was once a market-town; and has a post-office under Faringdon. The parish includes Goosey chapelry, and comprises 3,829 acres. ...

Real property, £9,201. Pop., 1,277. Houses, 261. The property is much subdivided. S. Place is the seat of G. B. Egston, Esq. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Oxford. Value, £337.* Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Westminster. The church was restored in 1851. There are an Independent chapel, an endowed school with £9 a year, and charities £41.

Stanford in the Vale is now part of
Vale of White Horse
district.
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Vale of White Horse has changed over two centuries.
For statistics about Stanford in the Vale itself,
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How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth,
History of Stanford in the Vale, in Vale of White Horse and Berkshire | Map and description,
A Vision of Britain through Time.